To Be Equal

#BlackLivesMatter: A Rallying Cry for our Times [October 14, 2015]

“This is not a moment, but a movement.” – Black Lives Matter Organization
 
While it is obvious to many of us that all lives matter, it is not so obvious that in our great nation founded on the principles of equality and justice that Black lives matter.

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The Changing Face of America – Circa 2050 [May 23, 2012]

“This is an important tipping point…a transformation from a mostly white baby boomer culture to the more globalized multi-ethnic country that we are becoming.” William Frey, senior demographer, the Brookings Institution

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Trump Employing “Birther” Issue as a Weapon of Mass Distraction [April 26, 2011]

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”  Abraham Lincoln

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I Am Empowered – Are You? [March 3, 2010]

“I pledge to responsibly commit my time and talent to ensure that the nation is empowered to eliminate racial gaps and disparities in housing, education, employment and healthcare by 2025…” 

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Sotomayor Is The American Dream [June 3, 2009]

The National Urban League commends President Obama for his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to succeed retiring Judge David Souter as the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  A current federal Court of Appeals judge in New York, Judge Sotomayor has also served with distinction as a federal district judge, an Assistant District Attorney, a corporate lawyer, a university professor and an advocate

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President Barack Obama [Nov. 4, 2008]

After the longest and hardest fought presidential campaign in American history, the votes are now in and Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States.  The National Urban League and its affiliates congratulate President-elect Obama, Vice-President-elect, Joe Biden, and their families for turning what began as an improbable journey into an historic victory for their party and our country.  We wel

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Black Pessimism Of The Future Means Economic Empowerment Is More Important Than Ever [Nov. 4, 2007]

I have said it before and I will say it again: Economic empowerment is the civil rights struggle of the 21st Century.

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Hurricane Katrina Nature’s Power On Tragic Display [August 30, 2005]

A devastating path of death and destruction.  Results much worse than expected.  A national catastrophe.  Our tsunami.

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Reviving America’s Spirit Of Optimism [May 19, 2003]

Last week I became the beneficiary of a great privilege and responsibility:  I was appointed president and chief executive of the National Urban League.

Actually, I can say without hesitation that long before last week I was a beneficiary of the Urban League, too.

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